Re: Wireless routers [NobodyMan]

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WTF are you talking about. I've been posting all along.

The truth is, you bore me. I know when to put up a fight, and it's
not with clueless idiots, like yourself.

Oh, and am I supposed to be impressed by your outdated computer? An
AMD 1.2 ghz and win2000? Geeze, that is so old.

Now don't go away feeling mad, just go away. Bye bye now!

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:18:40 GMT, "BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Where did you go NobodyMan? As I have fun playing with you mere morals
>as you believe you know everything! Come on, let's see what you really
>know? Or are you going to wimp out like the rest? <grin>
>
>
>Cheers!
>
>
>___________________________________________
>Bill (using a HP AMD 1.2GHZ & Windows 2000)
>-- written and edited within Word 2000
>
>
>
>"BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:20:18 GMT
>
>"NobodyMan" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:00:45 -0400
>
>On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:52:54 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Okay NobodyMan! You're a real piece of work, aren't you? Okay Mr.
>>Knowitall, unlike you, I have wireless here! So how do you connect
>>to your wireless router when you have to be connected to it already
>>to know what settings it is currently using?
>
> Well, gee, let's see.....
>
> I'm using a Linksys Wireless router that I've never cable into.
> Both my desktop and my notebook have never had a cable run to it.
> When I first powered it on, I simply followed the "instructions"
> that came with it (you do know how to follow "instructions"
> right?), connected to it without cables (hence "wireless"?), set it
> up and was done.
>
> So it can be done - even though YOU say it can't!
>
>I *never* said it can't be done! As I could be logged in on to your
>wimpy WEP WiFi setup in 6 hours or less myself. And my 2Wire HomePortal
>1000HG came without any WiFi instructions. For that, you have to access
>the router itself to see them. Which is a tough thing to do if you can't
>connect up without a wire.
>
>>I have Wardrivers trying to log into my wireless all of the time. And
>>they are having the same problem of logging on as I would without a
>>wired system on the network. According to you, anybody can log on your
>>wireless including you! Sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. Not
>>for WEP or WPA setups anyway. You probably don't even know what that
>>means, do you?
>
> Wireless Encryption Protocol? Wi-fi Protected Access? Nope, never
> heard of them.
>
> I set WEP on my router when I first logged onto it, without cables,
> from my desktop computer. I used the same procedure to allow my
> notebook access. So nobody BUT me can use my router. I check my
> logs every week or so to make sure.
>
>Using WEP for security? Well that doesn't sound too smart to me. And if
>you are using WEP-Shared, that is even worse!
>
> Oh, Mr. Smarty-man, where did I say "anybody can log onto my
> wireless including me?" NOWHERE.
>
> Now please, don't go away mad - just go away.
>
>You don't seem too smart to me. But we will see. Btw, I normally
>wirelessly tell my router to stop broadcasting when I am ready to log
>off. Thus a hacker (or you) or even me can't access anything until I
>turned it back on with one of my LAN connections.
>
>
>Cheers!
>
>
>___________________________________________
>Bill (using a HP AMD 1.2GHZ & Windows 2000)
>-- written and edited within Word 2000
>


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